birete

== Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish birrete, from Old Occitan birret, from Late Latin birrus, from Gaulish *birros. Compare Italian berretta and French béret. Doublet of alburnos. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /biˈɾete/ [bɪˈɾɛː.t̪ɛ] Rhymes: -ete Syllabification: bi‧re‧te === Noun === birete (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜇᜒᜆᜒ) skullcap (cap that covers the area from the forehead to just above the back of the neck) ==== See also ==== === Further reading === “birete”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018